Over the next year Clayton County will hold several meetings to receive public input on an update to the Clayton County Comprehensive Plan. The comprehensive plan is intended to provide a set of goals, strategies and actions to assist local officials as they make future decisions regarding the growth and management of the County.

Members of the public are invited to a Clayton County Comprehensive Plan public input session on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Clayton County Building, located at 600 Gunder Rd, Elkader, IA 52043.

From left are Troy Thein, Scott Fischer, Bruce Bryant, Jeremy Anderson and Mick Thein, members of Uncle Sam's Band. The band will perform at a benefit to help cover Fischer's medical expenses on Dec. 3. (Press photo by Shelia Tomkins)

By Molly Moser

Eleven years ago, beloved Guttenberg musician Scott Fischer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He had the cancer removed and continued singing, playing guitar, and performing alongside his bandmates – but on Aug. 8 of this year, Fischer and his family were told the cancer had returned.

Note: On Tuesday, Dec. 6, voters in the Clayton Ridge Community School District will go to the polls to vote on a measure regarding a physical plant and equipment levy. The proposal is for a 10-year levy not to exceed $1.34 per $1,000 of assessed valuation on taxable property in the district. This represents an increase of 67-cents from the current levy.

There will be three voting sites: Guttenberg Municipal Building, the Garnavillo Community Center and the parish hall in North Buena Vista. Polling hours are 12 noon to 8 p.m.

A family funeral is planned at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Guttenberg on Nov. 28. A burial service of his cremains at the Oakland Cemetery in Forest City will be scheduled at a later date.

Wally was the youngest child of Gunder K. and Martha (Fjeld) Felland. He was born on March 7, 1919, in a log cabin on his grandfather’s farm in Worth County. He was baptized at Beaver Creek Lutheran Church in Joice. He attended country school and the Forest City High School.